coneepatl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• conepatl (obsolete)

Etymology

conētl (“child”) +‎ epatl (“skunk”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koneːˈepat͜ɬ]

Noun

conēepatl

1. A kind of skunk.
   • [1651, Francisco Hernández, Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia (in Latin), Romae: Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi, page 332:

     Sunt & alia duo huius Vulpeculæ genera, eadem penè forma, & natura. quorum alterum Yzquiepatl vocatum, faſcijs multis candentibus diſtinguitur; alterum verò, Conepatl, ſeu Vulpecula puerilis, vnica tantum vtrinq; ducta, perq; caudam ipſam eodem modo delata.

     There are also two other types of these skunks, with nearly the same form and nature; of which the first, called yzquiepatl, is distinguished by its many white stripes; the second, conepatl, or childish skunk, having only one on each side, continued in this way through to its very tail.]

Descendants

• → Translingual: Conepatus
• → English: conepatl